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		crimsoneer 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Porn company fined £1M over inadequate age checks ... ... but they specifically don't have to, right? You can just use a third party verification company. Or you can not, if you'd prefer not to. You just have to do something vaguely meaningful that isn't just "Pinky swear you're 18".

debugnik 3 days ago | [–]

> You can just use a third party verification company.

That will ask for a government ID scan or selfie face capture. It solves the company-side problem only.

mzajc 3 days ago | [–]

How do they perform age checks?

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